Firefly fans: “Serenity Found: Unauthorized Essays”

Mike November 29th, 2007 Comics, Features, Television

I’m a huge Firefly fan and cried the day it was canceled. It’s part of the reason why many of us hate TV Networks and are dreading the day that some idiot at NBC decides Journeyman isn’t worth keeping. Firefly was on FOX and I’ve held a special distain in my heart for those guys ever since.

Regardless, those of us “Browncoats” who loved the show and the movie Serenity, will likely enjoy this new book by Jane Espenson. I would have included the entire name of it as the title of this post, but it’s frakking long:

“Serenity Found: More Unauthorized Essays on Joss Whedon’s Firefly Universe”

I found out about this book yesterday from Whitney Matheson, the USA Today Pop Candy writer extraordinaire. It looks pretty unique to me and it’s a collection of essays and behind-the-scenes looks. Here’s the basic description of the book from Amazon.com:

This follow-up to Finding Serenity takes the examination of Joss Whedon’s canceled cult favorite even further, addressing the events of the film Serenity as well as offering even more thought-provoking, fascinating, and far-thinking essays on the Firefly universe. Contributors include actor Nathan Fillion, who played Captain Mal Reynolds, as well as noted science fiction writer Orson Scott Card. Behind-the-scenes details are explored, including why Firefly makes such a good platform for the upcoming Multiverse online game (with an essay written by Multiverse executive producer Corey Bridges), while other essays examine recurring issues from both the series and the movie, such as the Alliance’s hatred of science, the role of smart-mouthed women, and the real reason the Firefly universe has no aliens.

I didn’t know about Finding Serenity either, which is a bummer, but now I have two to read when I get a chance.

Whitney Matheson posted an excerpt from Serenity Found, written by Nathan Fillion, which is pretty great. Read Nathan’s Essay here on Pop Candy.

Not sure when I’ll get around to buying and reading these, but I plan on it soon. Christmas present anyone?

j/k

(You can order these books from Amazon using any of the links in this post, which are affiliate links for me. I don’t usually links to things using my Amazon affiliate stuff, because that’s on my sports blog, but figured may as well.)

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